Apple tanks on Tim Cook's earnings warning - is the golden age of iPhone over? Are Facebook and Google too big to Fail? No. Here's why. China and the US duel over security, AI, and quantum computing. Qualcomm vs Apple legal battles heat up. Fortnite and Pokemon Go rake in the dough in 2018. Amazon wins big over the holiday season. Microsoft wants to give you control over your digital data. For the 1st time in 20 years, an entire year's worth of books, movies, and art enters the public domain. The 10-second toothbrush, the Kurigization of Things (KoT) and more reasons why you shouldn't go to CES 2019.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson , Mike Elgan , and Alex Wilhelm

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Elon Musk is a terrible person to work for. The internet is a garbage fire of hate. It is not Google's fault that searching for "idiot" results in pictures of Donald Trump. The Chinese are not spying on you with secret spy chips on Super Micro servers. The Chinese are spying on you by hacking Marriott. The Chinese may or may not be spying on you with Huawei phones and 5G infrastructure. Taylor Swift is most definitely spying on you at her concerts. The Australian government really, really wants to spy on you. YouTube Rewind 2018 is awful.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Paris Martineau , Harry McCracken , and Michael Nuñez

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What role did Facebook play in the French riots? Tumblr bans porn, Facebook bans vague hints that sex might be a thing that exists. Meanwhile in the UK, Parliament releases sensitive internal Facebook memos and emails. Tik Tok is where all the youngs are at. And then there were 5: Google tries to make sense of its Messaging platforms. Meanwhile, Apple's iMessage is the one app that could rule them all. Microsoft puts some Chromium in their Edge. Canada arrests Huawei's CFO for allegedly violating sanctions on Iran. Australia passes a dangerously vague anti-encryption law.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Rich DeMuro , Patrick Beja , and Sam Abuelsamid

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